Lenten menu (for every day)

The greatest strain of our body is in the winter. The cause of internal stresses are not only temperature changes (cold on the street and warmth of our house), but also viruses, and heavy food with a high content of animal proteins, starch, fats. The force of the negative impact is like heavy artillery. Lenten food helps to cope with such "bombardment", partially removing the load and cleaning the organs (vessels, liver, kidneys and even lungs).

The right menu for the day is not so simple. This should be handled by your dietician. Here it is necessary to take into account a lot of small things. And not only in complex calculations of components, in calorie counts and strict observance of the schedule, but also in the time of the year and in the state of the organism.

The proposed menu (lean, for each day) will be an indispensable wand-zashchalochkoy. The word "lean" in itself already causes a grimace, because it excludes what we usually like (meat, fish, and with a more rigorous approach - even eggs). But lean does not mean insipid. At the skilful approach it is possible to prepare a dish and tasty, and simultaneously enough economical. The menu for every day can be varied and nutritious. At us it is far from monotony. To begin with - a few detailed descriptions of the preparation of some lean dishes.

1. Mushroom soup . Ingredients: greens, mushrooms (champignons, oyster mushrooms - 300 gr), onion, carrots, two large potatoes, vegetable oil, crock of barley (1/2 cup). Calculated for a capacity of 2 liters.

Cooking process. We start with cereals and potatoes. We fall asleep in a saucepan of rump and peeled, diced potatoes. Leave to cook (15 minutes). Meanwhile fry the washed, dried and chopped mushrooms until lightly browned (these mushrooms in the recipe do not require as long treatment as others), add the chopped carrots to the mushrooms and fry until the oil in the frying pan turns golden. Pour the contents of the frying pan into a saucepan and cook for about 5 minutes. Spices are inappropriate here - they will muffle the mushroom flavor. Solim before removing the pan from the fire. Greens add immediately or directly into the plates. The soup turns out to be quite rich and fragrant.

2. Meatballs are lean . Ingredients: greens (any), a glass of rice, a glass of beans, an onion, carrots, bell pepper (sweet), ready mushroom sauce (to taste), ketchup (in the absence of a normal tomato), curry, white or black pepper (ground) salt.

Cooking process. Boil the beans, previously soaked for the night, in 1.5 liters of water. When the bean is cooked, drain the water into another container and leave it. Meanwhile, the bean cools, boil and rinse the rice. While rice is brewed, fry the grated carrots, chopped peppers and onions. Then through a meat grinder we pass the cooled beans and mix, having salted, with the fried vegetables. We form the meatballs, put them in a mold, oiled and bake for 15 minutes.

Prepare the sauce. In a glass of bean broth we add ketchup (tomato), chopped greens, sauce and spices. Here would not stop the juice of an orange or lemon. But this is up to the discretion. Pour the meatballs with the prepared sauce and bake for another 10 minutes.

3. Lenten cabbage rolls . Ingredients: Cabbage (large, already separated leaves are needed), 300 grams of ready (fried) mushrooms, three peeled boiled potatoes, a bulb, chopped greens, vegetable oil, tomato juice.

Preparation. To begin, steamed (we lower for 3-4 s in boiling water) cabbage leaves, previously cutting off a thick layer at the bases. In the oil fry peeled and chopped onions. Mix it with potatoes and mushrooms (right in a frying pan). The resulting minced salt is spread on cabbage leaves. We wrap, as usual stuffed cabbage rolls. Fry it (for 5 minutes on each side, fire is small), pour juice and simmer for another 10 minutes.

4. Tagliatelle . Ingredients: spaghetti (small packet), 350 g champignons, tomato (juice or ketchup), onion, celery, chopped herbs (assorted), vegetable oil.

Cooking process. We clean, cut and fry onions and chopped celery (minutes 5, the fire is slightly less than average). In a separate frying pan fry mushrooms cut into thick plates (20 minutes, on the same fire). We connect mushrooms, basil and onions, stew for 7-10 minutes, but already on the smallest fire (let it be proto). Add the spices and tomato juice (or ketchup) and stew for another 5 minutes. Boil the tagliatelle (or spaghetti), mix with freshly cooked sauce. Done.

5. Roll (baking) . Well, where without baking? It turns out that even this can be afforded. Just do not get carried away, - flour products in fairly large quantities will quickly reflect on the figure.

Ingredients: a glass of water, sugar (not more than 1/2 cup), a pinch of salt, vanilla, a couple of spoons of honey (canteens), flour (twice sifted, about 800 grams), yeast (quick-acting, dry, tablespoon).

We mix the dough from these ingredients, put it in a pan and leave it up, covered with a towel (in a warm place).

For the filling you can use any not too juicy fruit, a mixture of dried fruits (ideally the mixture is passed through a meat grinder), cabbage. And you can use cinnamon: the risen dough (in volume should increase at least 3 times) roll out, lubricate with oil, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and turn off. In the resulting roll, we protect the edges (otherwise the sugar will flow out and begin to burn). Lubricate the baking tray and lay a roll on it. We leave it to increase in size (3-4 times). Lubricate the dough with butter and bake (40 minutes). Temperature is set at 200 C.

As you can see, even lean food can be delicious. And now - the promised detailed menu (lean) for every day. Under the numbers 1 should be understood as breakfast, 2 - afternoon tea, 3 - lunch, 4 - dinner. So...

Monday :

1) croutons, coffee (you can with sugar);
2) fruit, water;
3) lean borsch, potato baked with sunflower oil, sauerkraut, compote (cook from dried fruits), bread;
4) meatballs are lean, tea, bread.

Tuesday:

1) a slice of roll, coffee;
2) fruit, water;
3) bean soup, rice porridge with cabbage stewed, bread, juice.
4) vegetable stew, compote, bread

Wednesday:

1) oats flakes, carrot juice;
2) rice porridge with honey, apples, raisins and tea;
3) mushroom soup, buckwheat porridge with vegetable salad, bread, compote;
4) cabbage rolls, tea, bread.

Thursday:

1) vegetable stew, bread, tea;
2) fruit, water;
3) bean soup, potatoes with mushroom sauce (or with mushrooms), salted tomatoes, bread, compote.
4) croutons, lightly toasted, salted and rubbed with garlic and sweet tea.

Friday:

1) tagliatelle, bread, coffee;
2) fruit, water;
3) borscht lean with beans; Vegetable ragout, compote, bread;
4) roll (baking), juice.

Saturday:

1) corn flakes, croutons, tea;
2) fruit, water;
3) vegetable soup, porridge (any), pickled cucumbers, bread, compote.
4) muesli, water.

Sunday:

1) rice porridge with candied fruits and honey, coffee;
2) fruit, water;
3) lean borsch, sea kale with butter and potatoes, bread, compote;
4) roll (pastry), tea.

The menu is lean for every day, presented here - an exemplary template from which you can deviate. The menu is really lean and quite strict, since it does not contain any fish, no meat, no dairy products, no eggs. It deliberately does not specify the dosage, because someone has one hundred grams of salad or porridge, and someone needs more. Everyone has different needs and weight categories. Under the word "fruit" are meant any available fruits that do not cause you allergies (this applies to juices), and tea is more useful and tasty with the addition of lemon.

The menu of lean for every day can contain seafood. But in a strict fast (last week) this is no longer allowed. This week, like the first, is considered "raw".